1 Bite BBQ

1 Bite BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival (2026). They are ranked #1009 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,009

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1605

peak 1608 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 26, 2022

latest Oct 17, 2026 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#100

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

32% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

705.6916 / 720

Master · NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

694.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 678.92 (+15.98)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

Consistency

±30.26

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.61 · weakest Brisket (169.41)

Road miles

10,880

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 999 mi

Schedule strength

70%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)

Purse competed for

$445K

listed at 33 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 31 state-championship entries

Master avg

678.92 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Pork ×2

On the rise

+55 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 55 points across 14 contests since Nov 21, 2025 — from 1550 up to 1605.

14 contests since Nov 21, 2025
now 1605

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

705.6916 career-best overall

98.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.6916 at NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship — 98.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 18, 2026

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ has finished one call ahead of 1 Bite BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 16 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 16 shared chicken entries.

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Built for the big stage

Top 40% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 40% finish in large fields against top 64% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 40% (4)
Small (<20 teams): top 64% (7)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BIG BOYZ BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 30% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 30% across 8 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

8 August contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,880 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,880 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 999 miles to All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1).

34 mapped stops
furthest 999 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#100 (1,406 pts)	#60 (1,646 pts)	#173 (1,155 pts)	#26 (1,921 pts)	#157 (1,125 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#292 (753 pts)	#314 (718 pts)	#322 (813 pts)	#235 (938 pts)	#264 (883 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#331 (654 pts)	#243 (949 pts)	#363 (669 pts)	#388 (559 pts)	#296 (778 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#417 (472 pts)	#503 (412 pts)	#578 (377 pts)	#395 (537 pts)	#356 (602 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#805 (181 pts)	#760 (236 pts)	#890 (186 pts)	#1042 (121 pts)	#815 (191 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to 1 Bite BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

30 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

All About Smokin Q

#1,012 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1662

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to 1 Bite BBQ)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — All About Smokin Q ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 54 contests
last seen May 23, 2026

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Stewey Magoos BBQ

#1,007 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1605

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Casual Smokers SC

#1,010 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1605

Careers of much the same size, 35 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Cousin's Catering and BBQ

#1,011 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1606

30 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 40% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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Chasin Chicken Barbeque

#1,008 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1626

Level with 1 Bite BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2024

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2 CASE BBQ

#1,005 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1631

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before 1 Bite BBQ's first contest.

rated over 41 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SinBin BBQ	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
SLINGIN MEATS	19	8	11	42%	⚔ compare
Tuffy's BBQ	19	7	12	37%	⚔ compare
Brinkerhoff BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
BIG BOYZ BBQ	15	14	1	93%	⚔ compare
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Bearded Boar BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Wild West BBQ	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Triple Nines BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	14	1	3	180 🔥	163.3828	172.61	top 43%
Pork Ribs	33	7	1	1	178.8572	157.0856	169.98	top 53%
Pork	32	16	3	5	180 🔥	162.8344	171.93	top 43%
Brisket	32	14	0	1	177.7144	154.7772	169.41	top 46%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	7	top 64%
Medium (20–39)	22	top 44%
Large (40+)	4	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MT	9	top 37%
UT	8	top 64%
NV	6	top 49%
ID	4	top 40%
NM	2	top 48%
WY	2	top 30%
OR	2	top 60%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana Pitmaster Classic	4	5	top 34%	Aug 28, 2026
All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2)	2	12	top 48%	Oct 17, 2026
Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off	2	7	top 46%	Jul 3, 2026
BBQ Jackpot	2	15	top 42%	Nov 21, 2025
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	2	14	top 60%	May 31, 2025
East Helena Smoke Show	2	5	top 26%	Aug 9, 2024
Best Dam Barbeque	2	16	top 54%	May 24, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 14 contests

Contests a season 6.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MT 9 of 34 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 24 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 375 finished ahead 586 times, behind 447

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20264 milestones

Jun 26 25th tracked contest Smoke-N-Wings
Sep 18 Career-best overall score705.6916 NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
Oct 16 Peak power rating (1608) All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1)
Oct 17 Most recent contest All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2)

20243 milestones

Jun 21 First category win (Chicken) Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jun 21 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jul 19 10th tracked contest The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff

20231 milestone

Aug 5 First overall top-10 East Helena Smoke Show

20223 milestones

Aug 26 First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 26 First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0636 Montana Pitmaster Classic

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	Smoke-N-Wings	Jun 26, 2026
+13	BBQ Jackpot	Nov 21, 2025
+12.5	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival	Aug 14, 2026
+12.2	Montana Pitmaster Classic	Aug 28, 2026
+12.1	Blaze of 47	Jul 18, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff	Jul 19, 2024
-8.5	GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship	Jun 9, 2023
-5.7	Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship	Jun 20, 2025
-4.6	Western Legends BBQ Contest	Sep 9, 2022
-3.1	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1)	May 30, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	14	6	3	79%	top 41%	98%	95.8%
2025	7	2	1	71%	top 48%	97%	95.2%
2024	7	2	1	71%	top 57%	95.9%	91%
2023	4	1	0	75%	top 50%	95.1%	94.4%
2022	2	0	0	50%	top 56%	94%	92.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 17, 2026	All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) Sunland Park, NM	21 / 34 (687.3256)	21 (173.1084)	16 (171.9772)	10 (175.4172)	27 (166.8228)
Oct 16, 2026	All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1) Sunland Park, NM	12 / 35 (691.3600)	15 (173.7028)	7 (176.5600)	15 (173.7028)	22 (167.3944)
Sep 18, 2026	NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	6 / 12 (705.6916)	7 (176.5716)	9 (172.5600)	1 (180)	5 (176.5600)
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	21 / 52 (691.9200)	22 (175.4056)	32 (169.6916)	19 (173.1200)	16 (173.7028)
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 28, 2026	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	5 / 39 (698.2400)	2 (178.8572)	24 (170.2628)	1 (180)	23 (169.1200)
Aug 14, 2026	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	4 / 29 (693.6684)	4 (174.2856)	10 (174.8572)	6 (174.2628)	14 (170.2628)
Jul 24, 2026	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	15 / 32 (677.0628)	13 (173.1084)	5 (173.1316)	6 (173.1316)	29 (157.6912)
Jul 3, 2026	Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT	10 / 26 (695.9772)	6 (175.4172)	12 (173.1544)	10 (173.1428)	11 (174.2628)
Jun 26, 2026	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	5 / 31 (702.8804)	4 (178.2972)	18 (173.1316)	6 (177.1544)	8 (174.2972)
Jun 12, 2026	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	16 / 29 (674.7660)	4 (175.4172)	18 (166.8460)	2 (176.5600)	23 (155.9428)
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	10 / 33 (691.4060)	7 (177.1772)	13 (173.1316)	1 (177.7028)	25 (163.3944)
May 1, 2026	Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT	12 / 19 (687.3484)	12 (171.9656)	18 (167.4056)	12 (171.9656)	4 (176.0116)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	20 / 29 (672.4688)	25 (163.3828)	11 (172.5832)	18 (169.1200)	18 (167.3828)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	15 / 90 (693.6344)	23 (174.2628)	16 (174.2744)	28 (173.1200)	33 (171.9772)
Aug 29, 2025	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	16 / 39 (686.2860)	27 (168.5600)	17 (173.1660)	14 (173.1544)	14 (171.4056)
Jul 18, 2025	Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	7 / 26 (698.2400)	17 (171.9772)	1 (178.8572)	20 (169.6912)	2 (177.7144)
Jul 5, 2025	Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT	7 / 13 (676.4340)	7 (170.8228)	6 (166.2284)	5 (175.4056)	7 (163.9772)
Jun 20, 2025	Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	12 / 16 (689.6572)	6 (177.7144)	14 (170.2628)	7 (176)	15 (165.6800)
May 31, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	14 / 28 (686.2172)	24 (166.8344)	21 (169.1200)	3 (176.5600)	8 (173.7028)
May 30, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	21 / 30 (667.3140)	8 (172.5600)	28 (157.0856)	8 (171.9884)	21 (165.6800)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	50 / 74 (671.2916)	46 (167.3828)	40 (168.5372)	56 (164.5372)	25 (170.8344)
Aug 23, 2024	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	21 / 39 (670.7316)	26 (165.0972)	14 (174.2744)	31 (163.9656)	20 (167.3944)
Aug 9, 2024	East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT	5 / 18 (679.9428)	6 (169.1200)	5 (169.7144)	7 (170.8456)	5 (170.2628)
Jul 19, 2024	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	16 / 16 (519.3944)	2 (180)	12 (169.6916)	10 (169.7028)	—
Jun 28, 2024	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	18 / 28 (674.1600)	18 (169.6800)	17 (166.2744)	22 (163.9428)	4 (174.2628)
Jun 21, 2024	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	10 / 29 (690.8228)	1 (180)	22 (167.3828)	14 (171.4400)	8 (172)
May 24, 2024	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	16 / 33 (680.4800)	12 (170.8228)	13 (171.9772)	26 (163.9656)	6 (173.7144)
Aug 25, 2023	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	15 / 44 (679.4400)	19 (170.8572)	19 (166.3428)	16 (170.2628)	8 (171.9772)
Aug 5, 2023	East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT	6 / 24 (684.4912)	12 (170.8228)	12 (167.4056)	5 (173.1428)	4 (173.1200)
Jun 9, 2023	GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	13 / 16 (679.9204)	8 (175.4056)	16 (163.9660)	13 (170.8344)	8 (169.7144)
May 26, 2023	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	16 / 27 (674.7312)	21 (165.1084)	18 (165.6916)	—	13 (167.3712)
Sep 9, 2022	Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT	24 / 31 (654.1260)	13 (171.4172)	19 (165.0972)	25 (162.8344)	29 (154.7772)
Aug 26, 2022	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	13 / 37 (677.0636)	13 (170.8344)	17 (168.5720)	24 (165.0972)	10 (172.5600)

1 Bite BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

Chicken nemesis

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)